On 08 Aug 2004 11:56:29 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

My old B-26 was sheathed in armor which which was part of the wing loading
problem. Everyone was protected except the bombardier who had only plexi for
protection.

Originally the B-52 was a pretty basic, no frills, one time use if
required, flying gas tank with a couple big bombs hanging around to
scare the evil empire. Instead of a ton of armor they hauled around a
ton of radar jamming equipment and "window"/chaff/tinfoil.

This is basically a picture of the B-52 armor "T-4 Trainer (B-52
Electronic Warfare Officer Trainer)":

http://tinyurl.com/5j5ay

The modern day Norden Bombsight work station would be this area on a
B-52 if you go down to "T-10 Navigation Trainer (B-52 Simulator)" on
this page:

http://tinyurl.com/46k73